Nudgee · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Nudgee

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people are sharing roofs in Nudgee than in most other areas, with a typical home holding 2.7 people. This is a family-heavy suburb where few people live by themselves, creating a living pattern that is quite different from the state and national averages.

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Where Nudgee sits — Average household size

2.7 ▼ -3.6%
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Nudgee — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Nudgee2.7
4014, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 15.7% of people live alone here, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Because so few people live solo, households are larger than usual, with 33.7% of homes housing two people and 21.3% holding four.

2.7 ▼ -3.6%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

15.7% ▼ -12.6%

Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.9%
  • 2016: 17.9%
  • 2021: 15.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Nudgee, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (21%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the majority of the area at 63.8%. One-parent families account for 10.2% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages.

10.2% ▼ -23.9%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.4%
  • 2016: 10.2%
  • 2021: 10.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Nudgee, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 24%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Nudgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32193/nudgee/topic/family-households